Evita Page #4

Taking breakfast in bed

Sleeping easy, doing nothing

It's attractive.

Don't think I don't think like you

I often get those nightmares too

They always take some swallowing

Sometimes it's very difficult to keep

Momentum, if it's you that you are following

Don't close doors

Keep an escape clause

Because we might lose

The Big Apple.

But would I have done what I did

If I hadn't thought

If I hadn't known

We would take the country?

Pern has resigned from the army

and this we avow

The descamisados are those

he is marching with now

He supports you, for he loves you

Understands you, is one of you

If not

How could he love me?

A new Argentina

The chains of the masses untied

A new Argentina

The voice of the people

Never be

and must not be

denied.

Release him.

How annoying,

That they have to

Fight elections for their cause.

The inconvenience

Having to get a majority.

If normal methods of persuasion

Fail to win them applause,

There are other ways of establishing

Authority.

A new Argentina!

The chains of the masses untied

A new Argentina!

The voice of the people

Never be

and will not be

and must not be denied!

People of Argentina

Your newly elected president

Juan Pern!

Argentinos!

Argentinos!

We are all workers now

Fighting against our common enemies

Poverty, social injustice...

Foreign domination of our industries

Reaching for our common goals

Our independence, our dignity

Our pride

Let the world know

That our great nation is awakening

And that its heart beats

in the humble bodies

Of Juan Pern

And his wife

The first lady of Argentina

Eva

Duarte

De Pern!

It won't be easy

You'll think it strange

When I try to explain how I feel

That I still need your love

After all that I've done

You won't believe me

All you will see is a girl you once knew

Although she's dressed up to the nines

At sixes and sevens with you

I had to let it happen

I had to change

Couldn't stay all my life down at heel

Looking out of the window

Staying out of the sun

So I chose freedom

Running around

Trying everything new

But nothing

Impressed me at all

I never expected it to

Don't cry for me, Argentina

The truth is

I never left you

All through my wild days

My mad existence

I kept my promise

Don't keep your distance

And as for fortune

And as for fame

I never invited them in

Though it seemed to the world

They were all I desired

They are illusions

They're not

The solutions they promised to be

The answer was here all the time

I love you

And hope you love me

Don't cry for me, Argentina...

Don't cry for me, Argentina

The truth is

I never left you

All through my wild days

My mad existence

I kept my promise

Don't keep your distance

Have I said too much?

There's nothing more

I can think of to say to you

But all you have to do is

Look at me to know

That every word is true

Just listen to that,

The voice of Argentina!

We are adored, we are loved!

Statesmanship is more

than entertaining peasants.

We shall see, little man!

Evita Pern

La Santa Peronista!

Evita Pern

La Santa Peronista!

I am only a simple woman

who lives to serve Pern

in his noble crusade to rescue his people.

I was once as you are now,

and I promise you this,

we will take the riches from the oligarchs.

Only for you, for all of you.

And one day

you too will inherit these treasures!

Descamisados!

Mis compaeros!

When they fire those cannons,

when crowds sing of glory,

it is not just for Pern

but for all of us! For all of us!

Things have reached a pretty pass

When someone pretty lower class

Can be respected and admired

But our privileged class is dead

Look who they are calling for now

High flying, adored

So young, the instant queen

A rich, beautiful thing

Of all the talents a cross between

A fantasy of the bedroom

And a saint

You were just a back street girl

Hustling and fighting

Scratching and biting

High flying, adored,

Did you believe in your wildest moments

All this would be yours

That you'd become the lady of them all?

Were there stars in your eyes,

When you crawled in at night

From the bars, from the sidewalks

From the gutter theatrical?

Don't look down

It's a long, long way to fall.

High flying, adored,

What happens now?

Where do you go from here?

For someone on top of the world

The view is not exactly clear

A shame you did it all

At 26

There are no mysteries now

Nothing can thrill you

No one fulfil you

High flying, adored

I hope you come to terms with boredom

So famous, so easily

So soon

Is not the wisest thing to be

You won't care if they love you

It's been done before

You'll despair

If they hate you

You'll be drained of all energy

All the young who've made it

Would agree

High flying, adored,

That's good to hear, but unimportant

My story's quite usual

Local girl

Makes good, weds famous man

I was slap in the right place

At the perfect time

Filled a gap, I was lucky

But one thing I'll say for me

No one else can fill it like I can

There again I've more to do

Than simply get the message through

I haven't started

Let's get this show on the road

Let's make it obvious:

Pern is off and rolling.

Eyes! Hair! Mouth! Figure!

Dress! Voice! Style! Movement!

Hands! Magic! Rings! Glamour!

Face! Diamonds! Excitement! Image!

I came from the people

They need to adore me

So Christian Dior me

From my head to my toes!

I need to be dazzling

I want to be rainbow high

They must have excitement

And so must I.

Eyes! Hair! Mouth!

Figure! Dress! Voice!

Style! Image!

I'm their product, it's vital to sell me

So Machiavell me.

Make an Argentine rose!

I need to be thrilling

I want to be rainbow high

They need their escape, and so do I.

Eyes! Hair! Mouth! Figure!

Dress! Voice! Style! Movement!

Hands! Magic! Rings! Glamour!

Face! Diamonds! Excitement! Image!

All my descamisados expect me

To outshine the enemy

I won't disappoint them

I'm their saviour

That's what they call me

So Lauren Bacall me!

Anything goes

To make me fantastic.

I have to be rainbow high

In magical colours

You're not decorating a girl

For a night on the town

And I'm not a second-rate queen

Getting kicks with a crown

Next stop will be Europe!

The Rainbow's gonna tour...

Dressed up somewhere to go

We will put on a show!

Look out, mighty Europe!

Because you ought to know

What you're gonna get in me:

Just a little touch...

...Argentina's brand of...

...star quality!

People of Europe

I send you the Rainbow of Argentina!

Spain has fallen to the charms of Evita

She can do what she likes

It doesn't matter much

She's our lady of the New World

With a golden touch

She filled a bull ring

But if you're prettier than General Franco

That's not hard.

Franco's reign in Spain

Should see out the '40s

So you've just acquired an ally

Who looks as secure in his job as you

But more important

Current political thought is

Your wife's a phenomenal asset

Your trump card

Let's hear it for the Rainbow tour

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